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Midlands People & Achievements: Sheila M. Bias

Sheila M. Biasis the recipient of the Jonathan Jasper Wright Award, given by the University of South Carolina School of Law’s Black Law Students Association. The award recognizes her involvement with the law school, the community and with the association. Bias is an attorney with Richardson Plowden in Columbia. She is a member of the firm’s litigation practice group and oversees the law clerk program.

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